Baby Apocalypse

“ Baby Apocalypse” is the story of two women who are hired to find Valentine, the teenage daughter of a novelist, who has disappeared. Lucie Toledo, an insecure woman of forty, who is afraid to order tea in a bar as it may create an impression of weakness, is in striking contrast to her companion, a forthright, powerful figure known as the Hyena, a lesbian who whistles at girls on the street, deals drugs, and is willing to use violence to get information.

Virginie Despentes is a French writer, novelist and filmmaker, born in Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle. Her most famous novel, and film of the same name is Baise-moi, a contemporary example of the exploitation films genre known as rape and revenge films. Her most recent biographical, non-fiction work, King Kong Theory has also been translated into English, and recounts her experiences working within the French sex industry, and attendant infamy and praise associated with the aforementioned Baise-Moi